This is a hot ghetto mess if I've EVER seen one.

I've never been a fan of that whole Immature/B2K camp, so I don't really know any of the players. But I feel so sad for all parties involved.

There is LOTS of healing, accountability, etc., that needs to take place in this circle. And, for all the recovery this Raz kid seems to believe he's experienced, there's something quite curious about a guy who goes on Noah's Arc as an expression of the comfort he has with his... heterosexuality , or levels this kinda stuff -- true or false -- in a public forum like youtube amid attempts to reconcile with family.

Clearly, this boy, bless his heart, needs as much help as the rest of them. I hope they all get it.
[Edited 12/25/07 0:02am]

Jesus be Mrs Garrett on a Very Special episode of The Facts Of Life

YouTube will not heal your wounds Raz.

I was messed with at the age of 4 (or 5) by an adult Babysitter. I was so young that I didn't know anything was wrong. My parents picked out that something was wrong by me doing the same things that I did with the adult at home. When I told them that happened all the time with the adult they had the appropriate Black family response at that time. They said don't talk about it and kept sending me to the Adult for another year. (Bad Parenting) Luckily I wasn't affected for life because at the time I was so young that it wasn't a moral or right and wrong issue for me. I didn't really understand or realize what had happened until I was about 10. That creep had moved away, but my relationship with my parents became very distant. I don't feel It branded me or ruined my life and have moved on. If I were older like 11 or 12 and understood what was going on then I probably would be wrecked for life. At this stage Raz needs professional ADULT counselling from professionals.

He is all over the place in that YouTube video, even trying to relate his appearing on Noah's Arc as connected in his mind with the Molestation (all kinds of wrong for that). Noah's Arc was about entertainment and being positive and acceptance on a lot of levels. He shouldn't be mentally connecting that to Molestation suffered at the hands Chris Stokes.

If he continues in this Industry he needs counselling and a proper Mentor like a Quincy Jones type to guide him.


Going to YouTube to air this out is like going on Maury to find your Baby daddy. Hella Wrong. Get Help. (If you have been on Maury three times already and still haven't found you Baby Daddy, give it up you ain't gonna find em.)

I don't know what to say or think...
And that pic was Chris Stokes? I pictured him as a middle aged 50 something... He looks young to be a manager.

WillieDynamite said:

Because I actually have experienced both a Jackson five concert and a b2k concert in my lifetime let me explain

J-Boog actually was just as popular as Omarion. J-boog was the other LEAD singer of the group. My daughter was like 13-14ish during the hype of b2k. Believe me I know this mess.

Tito is a great musician.

DanceWme said:

There are 2 ways to look at it:



1. All of these n****s is gay!

OR

2. They were only F***ing For Tracks and STILL didn't get pay!

DanceWme said:

I thought Romeo (of Immature/IMx) WAS gay. Who knows.

And the fallout begins...

Lammastide said:

You are 100% dead on with that assessment.

SexyBeautifulOne said:

SexyBeautifulOne said:

WTH.....

SexyBeautifulOne said:

I love this guy! He should do a video with Chris Crocker.

All humor aside, though, dude is telling the TRUTH! This is just insanity.

Lammastide said:

No, the killer is, he posted a video a few days ago about childhood traumas affecting our adulthoods...his examples were the Sisters Spears! He's good!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Wow.

SexyBeautifulOne said:

He's very good and so on point. Not to mention funny but he was dead on it with this Chris Stokes case. I hope the media gets involved in this case.

Shit's really going down, Perez Hilton is reporting about it on his front page.

http://perezhilton.com/

SexyBeautifulOne said:

I'm surprised P's folks didn't get this vid pulled.

Raz-B said something that I didn't pay attention to when I first saw the clip until I saw it again a few minutes ago. He said, "Im a real man. im not gay". Part of me wonders what's in his mind to think that just because someone is gay, it doesn't make them a man. That's deception at its best right there. I'm a gay man who served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 8 years. It doesn't get anymore "manly" than that. I just hate hearing such ignorant shit like what he said in that clip. I'm sorry homeboy went through what he went through but it's apparent to me that he's got some unresolved issues going on within him that needs to be addressed. Personally, my gaydar rings loudly when I see Raz-B so I think he needs to be real with himself. If he isn't gay, then cool but that way of thinking about being a real man needs to be worked on IMHO. I just hope he finds peace through all of this.

purplecam said:

He's a confused little boy who's been turned out by the industry and pimped by his parents.

Grown, educated, and sane gay men that feel that way should bother you.

Dance said:

Oh don't get it twisted , it does bother me. As I think about it, it's all that he went through that's got him to thinking the way that he does and it's sad as hell. My prayers are with him and those affected by child molestation. NO child should have to go through that shit.

TonyVanDam said:

As much as I love the characters from Boondocks, I fail to see the joke here.

DanceWme said:

co-

SexyBeautifulOne said:

B Scott is hillarious.

It's spreading... and people are responding...I'd really hate to be Chris Stokes, right about now!



She's a bit long winded but at around 4:50...she puts it out there and lays it all on the line and makes you think!

The almost (un)funny thing is the "damage control" teams are on Christmas break and by the time they get around to this...it'll be entirely too late. Stick a fork in 'im...he's done!!!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Sounds like it was a strategic move on Raz-B's part. If that's the case, then that was a smart move.

all i can say is 4 of the videos in the most watched today on youtube are about this if they were gonna try and do damage control they might as well give up

Why are there so many nuts at YouTube who think that this has something to do with being gay? I'm stunned when they comment that "its cool if he (the molester) is gay but just don't do it with little boys"... When a man molests a little girl I never hear people say that "its okay to be straight, just don't be straight with little girls."

The story has been going around on other Blogs for sometime now. It is really sad.
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sosgemini said:

Co-sign this kid has major issues. I can't imagine the anger is must feel.

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Dance said:

Chris Stokes has responded:

http://www.sohh.com/artic....php/13288

Chirs Stokes, former B2K manager, has issued a response to the claims of child molestation made by Raz-B and his brother. Stokes says the two have alterior motives.

As SOHH previously reported, a few video clips surfaced on the internet in the midst of talks surrounding a B2K reality show that would feature Raz-B, Lil' Fizz, and J-Boog. On one clip, Raz (born DeMario Thornton) is on the phone breaking the news to the family of Marques Houston, who is also a protege of Chris Stokes. "It started one day when Chris said, 'Let me touch you,'" Raz-B explains. He says he was only 11 or 12 years-old at the time.

Stokes issued a statement today, in which he says the claims of molestation "hold no merit." He went on to say the two may be motivated by money. "I have recently stopped financially supporting both individuals along with assisting them with their criminal and legal matters which leads me to believe they are resentful and looking to benefit financially from this."

On another clip, Raz's brother Ricardo "Ricky Romance" Thornton tells his side. "Chris made me take showers with the other boys," he said. "All that little sh-t that my brother was introduced to was brought to me first and I blocked that sh-t."

Ricardo went on to say, "I kinda knew what was going on over there and yet I took my brother over to Chris. I didn't protect him."

Stokes says these statements have "slandered" him and that he will "take all legal routes to protect myself, my family and my four children."

He further dismisses the accusations by pointing to an incident that took place a short time ago. "It's also quite ironic that these statements were made only 2 weeks after they were denied admittance by a venue for an event I hosted in Beverly Hills."